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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2015

Inflammasome/IL-1β Responses to Streptococcal Pathogens.

Christopher N LaRock, Victor Nizet

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. An in-depth review on antimicrobial efficacy of melittin in vivo.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026
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  5. Cardio-Rheumatic Diseases: Inflammasomes Behaving Badly.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  6. Pentamidine inhibition of streptopain attenuatesbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  10. A Perilous Combination:Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2023
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  13. The Role of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Rheumatic Heart Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  18. The Critical Role of NLRP6 Inflammasome inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  19. Playing With Fire: Proinflammatory Virulence Mechanisms of Group AFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Christopher N LaRockDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, CA , USA.
Victor NizetDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, CA , USA ; Skaggs School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, CA , USA.

Funding

GAS Switch from Colonizing Bacterium to Invasive PathogenR01AI077780 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI NIZET, VICTOR · 2008 to 2019
$3.8M
Mechanisms of the M protein in group A Streptococcus virulenceR01AI096837 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GHOSH, PARTHO, NIZET, VICTOR · 2011 to 2015
$2.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI077780NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI096837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation mediated by the inflammasome and the cytokine IL-1β are some of the earliest and most important alarms to infection. These pathways are responsive to the virulence factors that pathogens use to subvert immune processes, and thus are typically activated only by microbes with potential to cause severe disease. Among the most serious human infections are those caused by the pathogenic streptococci, in part because these species numerous strategies for immune evasion. Since the virulence factor armament of each pathogen is unique, the role of IL-1β and the pathways leading to its activation varies for each infection. This review summarizes the role of IL-1β during infections caused by streptococcal pathogens, with emphasis on emergent mechanisms and concepts countering paradigms determined for other organisms.

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caspase-1IL-1βinflammasomepyroptosisStreptococcus

Identifiers

PMID26500655
PMCPMC4597127

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